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> how most IT engineers see the world vs how real-world engineers do Reminds me of… # Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers “It undermines a long tr
by jen729w 4y ago
> how most IT engineers see the world vs how real-world engineers do
Reminds me of…
# Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers
“It undermines a long tradition of designing and building infrastructure in the public interest … The title ‘engineer’ is cheapened by the tech industry.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/programmers-should-not-call-themselves-engineers/414271/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/progr...
- smileysteve 4y agoBut this is a "tech" problem where signals and switches operating by humans are error prone, and the technology to automate those exists. The article is about a tech solution and deployment never able to come (in the U.S.)
- porknubbins 4y agoBut computer programming is an enormous field and there are types of programming that look very much like engineering- ie using the laws of science for practical applications. I agree a startup putting up a website isn’t engineering, but if building rockets is engineering (which it surely is) then building the software to safely operate those things is engineering too.
- abofh 4y agoIn as much as brushing your teeth is dentistry, yes.